Alphabet’s record-breaking $85B raise for Google’s AI business is a helluva good signal

If Alphabet’s record-breaking $85 billion stock sale signals investor appetite for AI-related offerings, we can see that investors are ready to chow.

Google’s Dreambeans, its weirdest-named AI tool to date, will turn your life into a cartoon

Dreambeans is a curated list of AI-illustrated “stories” culled from the personal data in your Google account.

Amazon will show AI product images when you search for some reason

Amazon will use visual search and AI to show AI-generated product images that match your search queries. The retailer says it will help guide users to products.

These two founders left Goldman and Meta to build voice AI for markets everyone else overlooked

The startup’s own stack for Africa and Middle East is now handling more than 17,000 calls per day.

Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in 4 months

Uber’s cutback has occurred after the company had reportedly encouraged staff to use AI as much as possible.

New Microsoft tool lets devs spin up AI behavior tests using text descriptions

Microsoft on Tuesday took the wraps off Adaptive Spec-driven Scoring for Evaluation and Regression Testing, an open source framework for spinning up AI evaluations.

Martin Scorsese becomes the latest — and most unlikely — Hollywood voice for AI

The caveat is that one of the world’s most famous living directors is using the tech solely for storyboarding.

Alphabet plans to raise $80B to pay for AI buildout

“The company is experiencing strong demand for its AI solutions and services from enterprises and consumers, at levels that are exceeding the company’s available supply,” Alphabet said in its statement.

Nvidia chases $200B CPU market with AI agent PCs from Microsoft, Dell, and HP

If Nvidia has cracked a way to bring AI agents easily, safely, and usefully to the masses, it could — and should — be big.

Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman, in first-of-its-kind lawsuit over violent incidents

The lawsuit partially revolves around a shooting at Florida State University last year, and ChatGPT’s alleged role in the incident.